Re: the four symbols is copyrighted pt 3

[CEE <ceelee72000@xxxxxxxxx>]

So Shar, after three numbered e mails to the list,
going on and on about copyrights, would you be
gracious enough with your college education to
enlighten a poor GED diploma carrying, although
enterprising person, as to where exactly to look to
find out the exact ownership of the 4 symbols?
I live in a country where free enterprise is a right
of the people. I felt I had an idea for a product,
that while making me a lil extra cash, would also make
some people happy. Not everyone is into wearing tie
dye or pictures of blimps, or even band members faces
on their person. As a 40 year old man, I prefer not to
wear bright or outlandish designs, whether I love the
band or not. 
>From what I've read or seen on the internet, three of
the four symbols are used elsewhere, rather commonly.
Roberts is the symbol of knowledge and power, as I
think someone else mentioned, they even have it on
their school ring. Jonesies is shown every week on the
tv show Charmed, in the opening credits it is shown on
the cover of the witches spellbook. Any alcohalic over
the age of 30 knows where Bonzos comes from, so that
leaves Jimmys. Jimmy put three symbols together, and
yes, there could be a question there as to whether or
not he owns what he made.
While I understand that some people somewhere could
take this as a ripoff of the band, I just dont see it
that way. Its kinda like bootlegs, the band doesnt get
anything from them, yet they sell them right here, two
miles from my house, I can go and BUY any silvers I
want, if they dont have it, they will order it. But we
all say its ok, because the band didnt release it, its
not a ripoff. If I went into the store and bought a
copy of Led Zeppelin ll, recorded on cdr, with a jewel
case insert printed on a copier, well, that would be a
ripoff. If I copied a design off of a shirt that I
found for sale in a mall, on inferior quality
material, and sold it as the same product, that would
be a ripoff. 
As far as costs, which you so gratuitiously mention in
chapter 2, I think, you are right, it wouldnt cost
2000 dollars to print the shirts. I would make a
profit. I wuld also pay for the shirts, pay the
printer, pay for packaging, do the actual packaging
myself, then carry the whole shebang to the post
office and mail it out, after sitting here printing
labels and figuring out who paid , who didnt, and how
many of what size to order, silly little things like
that. My time is worth something, believe it or not. 
So although I have not actually made the final
decision yet as to whether or not to do it, I would
not base the decision on whether or not I am stealing,
or doing anything wrong, unless of course I saw the
actual copyright, or the T shirt police break down my
door with a warrant.
Why would you want to get so involved anyway? You
could have just not ordered one! I would think someone
with such an education as yourself would have other
things to do, or at least e mail privately instead of
to the list.
Chris